Pixote (1980)
Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco
"They can't outrun the law of the weakest."
ThumbScore
👍 86%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 94%
(RT: 94%) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Fernando Ramos da Silva as Pixote
Jorge Julião as Lilica
Gilberto Moura as Dito
Edilson Lino as Chico
Zenildo Oliveira Santos as Fumaça
Claudio Bernardo as Garatao
Israel Feres David as Roberto Pie de Plata
Jose Nilson Martin Dos Santos as Diego
Is Pixote good?
Yes. 86% audience score, estimated from 262 TMDB ratings. Critics agree, scoring it 94%.
Overview
10-year-old Pixote endures torture, degradation, and corruption at a local youth detention center where two of its members are murdered by policemen who frame Lilica, a 17-year-old trans hustler. Pixote helps Lilica and three other boys escape and they start to make their living by a life of crime which only escalates to more violence and death. Wikipedia ↗
